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support the fire fighting effort and one somewhat simple but very effective solution was the use of defense connect on line, the dco chat room. basically cal fire personnel, along with all the individual squadrons, all connected realtime able to communicate and coordinate both from the squadron and also on scene. >> well, thank you. let's go ahead and move into relationships. we had a significant discussion yesterday about relationships and again the highlighted and supervisor chiu's comments this morning. how do we ensure they are enduring past the past couple years. >> as general speese said yesterday, we are here for the long time. on the installation side which we coordinate with cal fire and the navy we have annual exercise and we hit that every springtime prior to the fire season. i think what's also, it's important to remember that although it was stressed, the military members are members of the community as well so let's not forget that as far as active duty. although we're transient in nature, sometimes we're in deployment, many of us are home owners and we live in that community.
support the fire fighting effort and one somewhat simple but very effective solution was the use of defense connect on line, the dco chat room. basically cal fire personnel, along with all the individual squadrons, all connected realtime able to communicate and coordinate both from the squadron and also on scene. >> well, thank you. let's go ahead and move into relationships. we had a significant discussion yesterday about relationships and again the highlighted and supervisor chiu's...
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well, being in the military jobs are not the same kind of thing as defense contracting jobs and defense contractors are more businesses if you will, where the military there's also things that come into physical strength. >> eleanor, you said lots of them didn't grow up but the once that patricia ward spoke about and women in defense most of them are former officers. >> but they were in the surface when they were very few women. now we have large numbers of the women coming in with men of this generation, boys in this generation and they're into sex and i don't think that was the case when there were very few women and they entered as pioneers. >> do you think it had as a lot to do with the physical aspects? last summer the marines opened up more to women and the women were not able to meet the physical retirements. >> that's it for this edition of "to the contrary." great topics and thank you. please follow me on twitter @bonnieerbe and at "to the contrary" and check our new website: pbs.org/tothecontrary. where the discussion continues. whether you agree or think, to the contrary, ple
well, being in the military jobs are not the same kind of thing as defense contracting jobs and defense contractors are more businesses if you will, where the military there's also things that come into physical strength. >> eleanor, you said lots of them didn't grow up but the once that patricia ward spoke about and women in defense most of them are former officers. >> but they were in the surface when they were very few women. now we have large numbers of the women coming in with...
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repurposing those lands from national defense to environmental defense. and i believe it is probably the most accessful base conversion in the united states. if you haven't been to the presidio, i think you should try and make that. if you're from out of town, it's a spectacular transition there. so, these golden gate national parks that i happen to be the superintendent of has now become after 40 years the second most visited national park in our country. we get 14 million people a year that come to our parks. it has spectacular coastline, includes muir wood, alcatraz, we get to tell the stories, stories about essentially what you and your predecessors did this this area. our headquarters, fort mason, was the fisherman's wharf area was the port of embarkation for the wars in the pacific. just this week we brought in a world war ii 16-inch bottle ship gun to the marine head lands to put it up at battery townsly which would have been the pinnacle of coastal artillery in world war ii. so, we now have a canon or artillery collection that spans in our park th
repurposing those lands from national defense to environmental defense. and i believe it is probably the most accessful base conversion in the united states. if you haven't been to the presidio, i think you should try and make that. if you're from out of town, it's a spectacular transition there. so, these golden gate national parks that i happen to be the superintendent of has now become after 40 years the second most visited national park in our country. we get 14 million people a year that...
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defense of our close allies. our ability to meet these commitments has been cut at risk. the committee is interested in there isrom each operations in readiness in the areas of responsibility. last friday the secretary of defense announced changes to our homeland missile defense posture and planned including plans to deploy an additional 14,000 -- 14 ground-based interceptors and alaska to stay ahead of the evolving north korean missile threat. two previous flight tests of the gmd system using the latest model of the xo atmosphere kill vehicle, ce2 resulted in failure. agel make clear that they will work as intended. intended. the missile defense is taking steps to ensure that this will work reliably and effectively before we produce or deployed more. they have already conducted a successful test in january and an intercept test is planned for late this year. we are also planning an earlier center intercepted this summer. we want to demonstrate that the system works as intended. it is important that we have confi
defense of our close allies. our ability to meet these commitments has been cut at risk. the committee is interested in there isrom each operations in readiness in the areas of responsibility. last friday the secretary of defense announced changes to our homeland missile defense posture and planned including plans to deploy an additional 14,000 -- 14 ground-based interceptors and alaska to stay ahead of the evolving north korean missile threat. two previous flight tests of the gmd system using...
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there is flex ability for the military, department of defense and a few other areas that allow money to be moved to areas of greater priority. the house republicans passed to pieces last year so that the across-the-board cuts did not occur in the way they have occurred. we felt there was much greater flexibility. we need to be wiser about this. we need to get the economy rolling again. and across-the-board cut is not the wisest way to do that. we did not get corroboration from the senate or the president. host: when it comes to the budget, which begins october 1, are there cuts to government spending in the ryan budget? guest: that is one of the great myths. people on the other side say you're slashing and burning. the fact of the matter is, this is the path we are on now. to the left of that is the amount of debt the government has held since world war ii in the gray. you come up to where the red and green begin, that is the current path we are on. andre destined to take more more and more debt on as a country, unless we change things. budget,n line is our the path to prosperity. th
there is flex ability for the military, department of defense and a few other areas that allow money to be moved to areas of greater priority. the house republicans passed to pieces last year so that the across-the-board cuts did not occur in the way they have occurred. we felt there was much greater flexibility. we need to be wiser about this. we need to get the economy rolling again. and across-the-board cut is not the wisest way to do that. we did not get corroboration from the senate or the...
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i do believe it is a constitutional role of defense. i do not believe it is an ideological-driven defense structure. for our defense and national security, but also looking at our rule in the world as the only true superpower -- our role in the world as the only true superpower here there are issues we have and responsibilities -- only true superpower. there are issues we have and responsibilities around the world. we have large defense spending, but we are also seeing that begin to be looked at and come back in line with the needs and things we have to do. host: our last collar for congressman doug collins, go ahead -- our last caller for congressman doug collins, go ahead. caller: i'd like to address a couple of things. there have been great individuals throughout u.s. history, micro and macro. we woudld not have gotten here o this point without them. secondly, the miliatary. trong. military is s it is great. it is powerful. but i see too much demenaning of the current government with megaphones which weakens it. government a strong t
i do believe it is a constitutional role of defense. i do not believe it is an ideological-driven defense structure. for our defense and national security, but also looking at our rule in the world as the only true superpower -- our role in the world as the only true superpower here there are issues we have and responsibilities -- only true superpower. there are issues we have and responsibilities around the world. we have large defense spending, but we are also seeing that begin to be looked...
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this was the iraqi civil defense corps. the strategy shifted to nascent security forces before they develop their decision -- a resiliency to stand on their own. what he said is we have to start a civil war and once we start a civil war by pitting iraq's communities against each other, we can gain sponsorship within the communities and use that to gain control of territory and resources and perpetuate a civil war and pursue wrote our objectives of establishing the islamic state of iraq. that was march 2004. from that time on, there was a slowly evolving sectarian conflict. there was a problem of insurgency and transnational terrorist organizations grafted onto the insurgency and the conflict at the time began to evolve into a sectarian civil war that was a in full blast after the samara bombings. to this parites to thities just terroristot organizations committing mass murder attacks, increasingly these were shia as lummis islamists -- shia as lumm militias. they took a different approach, got more training in iran and how
this was the iraqi civil defense corps. the strategy shifted to nascent security forces before they develop their decision -- a resiliency to stand on their own. what he said is we have to start a civil war and once we start a civil war by pitting iraq's communities against each other, we can gain sponsorship within the communities and use that to gain control of territory and resources and perpetuate a civil war and pursue wrote our objectives of establishing the islamic state of iraq. that...
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defense is cut by an additional quarter of a trillion dollars. a cut by an additional quarter of a trillion dollars over the sequester cuts we already had and over the reductions the defense department voluntarily took upon itself during the last budget process. i come before this body before, mr. chairman, and encouraged this body in a bipartisan fashion to look to the defense department as possible ways to save money. under the belief there must be some money in the defense department that can be saved in a responsible fashion. what the senate has done goes so far beyond that it's hard to fathom. an additional quarter trillion dollars in defense spending reductions over the next 10 years. finally and perhaps most tellingly and most importantly the senate budget never balances. ever. never balances. what does that say? they have interoperable plan for ever repaying the debt. you cannot repay the debt until we start moving to surplus. and any budget that never goes to surplus never pays down the debt. i say before i say it again, if you borrow mo
defense is cut by an additional quarter of a trillion dollars. a cut by an additional quarter of a trillion dollars over the sequester cuts we already had and over the reductions the defense department voluntarily took upon itself during the last budget process. i come before this body before, mr. chairman, and encouraged this body in a bipartisan fashion to look to the defense department as possible ways to save money. under the belief there must be some money in the defense department that...
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therefore, i think the first line of defense -- we have three lines of defense -- very sophisticated monitoring at a much higher level and a much more comprehensively and we have in the past, and then we have supervision and regulation where we work with other agencies to try to cover all the on covered areas of the financial system, and in addition, we try to use communication and similar tools to affect the way financial markets respond to monetary policy. we do have some first lines of defense which i think should be used first. that being said, i think that given the problems that we've had, not just the united states, but globally in the last 15-20 years, that we need to let least take into account these issues as we make monetary policy. i think most people on the fomc would agree with that. it depends on the circumstances. if the economy is in a weak position and interest rates are low for that purpose, it is difficult to contemplate raising rates a lot because you're concerned about some sector in the financial sphere. on the other hand, if you're in an expansion and there is
therefore, i think the first line of defense -- we have three lines of defense -- very sophisticated monitoring at a much higher level and a much more comprehensively and we have in the past, and then we have supervision and regulation where we work with other agencies to try to cover all the on covered areas of the financial system, and in addition, we try to use communication and similar tools to affect the way financial markets respond to monetary policy. we do have some first lines of...
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bring britain to its knees even after the danger of sea borne invasion faded following the raf's heroic defense in the battle of britain during the summer of 1940. britain crucially depended on imports not only for oil, steel, war material, but just to stay alive. the country was a net importer of food, and by the start of 1941, the u-boats had already sunk enough shipping to reduce imports below the 31 million tons a year it needed to just maintain essential food supplies for the civilian population. the crunch of the whole war, churchill to roosevelt at the end of 1940, rests in the atlantic. the decision for 1941, he wrote, lies upon the seas. and churchill after the war in his memoirs would write: the battle of the atlantic was the dominating factor all through the war. never for one moment could we forget that everything happening elsewhere on land, sea or in the air depending ultimately on its outcome. so in the spring of 1940, excuse me, thank you. so in the spring of 1941 in the face of mounting losses at sea, churchill issued a somewhat grin dill went, i guess you could say, churchilli
bring britain to its knees even after the danger of sea borne invasion faded following the raf's heroic defense in the battle of britain during the summer of 1940. britain crucially depended on imports not only for oil, steel, war material, but just to stay alive. the country was a net importer of food, and by the start of 1941, the u-boats had already sunk enough shipping to reduce imports below the 31 million tons a year it needed to just maintain essential food supplies for the civilian...
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i think we're going to be seeing guidance coming from the secretary of the defense in the next couple of years that will elevate this in terms of our responsibilities and mission sets. so, we're in the process of laying the groundwork for that right now at camp pendleton. >> ann? >> just to build on what general spiese said, fleet week, this used to be or started as a one-week event, is now really -- goes year round. and, so, the relationships we're building, it's not just for this week. you know, we're building trust. we're building -- we're building that kind of knowledge of each other's capabilities, of our competencies that we will continue to exercise throughout the yearses. so, i think that's a very important point to make, that fleet week is not just one week, but these relationships are ongoing. >> and tomorrow we'll have some specific training of the military training civil authorities and civil authorities training military with specific skills that they'll be able to bring to bear in their specific area of responsibility. i'd like to open it up to the audience now to see if
i think we're going to be seeing guidance coming from the secretary of the defense in the next couple of years that will elevate this in terms of our responsibilities and mission sets. so, we're in the process of laying the groundwork for that right now at camp pendleton. >> ann? >> just to build on what general spiese said, fleet week, this used to be or started as a one-week event, is now really -- goes year round. and, so, the relationships we're building, it's not just for this...
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secretary of defense called them to push back. today this is a wonderful peaceful assembly and a celebration of however we've come in a hundred years. >> the woman's suffrage pa laid the took place on pennsylvania enue in 1913 on american art eastern. at 7:00 m >> to believe in something so right and dear and necessary, you have to get in trouble. before we got in trouble as students, as young people, we studied. we didn't just wake ip p up and say we're going to go is it in. we didn't just dream we are going to go to washington and go to freedom ride or march or march from selma to montgomery. we studied. we prepared ourselves. >> they int dated so many people, white people in particular by using that phrase black power. when they use that word or phrase black power it made many people think it meant destruction, blowing up the statute of liberty or ground zero, destroying america. it wasn't anything about destroying america. it was about rebuilding america and having america to have a new paradigm in terms of how we could be wha
secretary of defense called them to push back. today this is a wonderful peaceful assembly and a celebration of however we've come in a hundred years. >> the woman's suffrage pa laid the took place on pennsylvania enue in 1913 on american art eastern. at 7:00 m >> to believe in something so right and dear and necessary, you have to get in trouble. before we got in trouble as students, as young people, we studied. we didn't just wake ip p up and say we're going to go is it in. we...
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defense. and many of us that have served thought that he was one of the best secretary of defenses we've ever had. he's currently a senior fellow at the hoover institute and a freeman foley institute of international studies. he is the michael and barbara bavarian professor at stanford university and serves as co-director of the nuclear risk reduction initiative and preventive defense project. please help me welcome our speaker this morning, former secretary of defense william perry. (applause) >> what a pleasure it is to be aboard this symbol of america's millery power, the uss macon island. what a pleasure it is to be among the men and women of our armed forces and the men and women of the first responders of the san francisco bay area. fleet week for many years in san francisco was a somewhat [inaudible] affair and it has been transformed into this great coming together by the military and the first responders, the great coming together of our uniformed personnel and a great [speaker not un
defense. and many of us that have served thought that he was one of the best secretary of defenses we've ever had. he's currently a senior fellow at the hoover institute and a freeman foley institute of international studies. he is the michael and barbara bavarian professor at stanford university and serves as co-director of the nuclear risk reduction initiative and preventive defense project. please help me welcome our speaker this morning, former secretary of defense william perry. (applause)...
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, and standardized researchers -- resources for the defense counsel. training efforts and consult with detailed counsel for every phase of the court-martial process worldwide. in 2012, we hired to highly qualified experts, want to work at her headquarters level, and another to work in dcap. we are now in the process of hiring another highly qualified experts to work in our trial counsel assistance program. we provide a litigators with extensive trial advocacy training throughout the course of their careers. enable justice school district the navy just a school, tcap and dcap provide training on complex sexual assault crimes, and they left -- seven seconds from our sister services. we think career litigators, to receive maste master of law degn trial advocacy. to further refine accomplished litigation capability, just last you the navy established and externship program, and a sign to mid-level career officers to work in the sex crime unit and two civilian prosecution offices, one in california and one in florida. but i hope is clear from these and othe
, and standardized researchers -- resources for the defense counsel. training efforts and consult with detailed counsel for every phase of the court-martial process worldwide. in 2012, we hired to highly qualified experts, want to work at her headquarters level, and another to work in dcap. we are now in the process of hiring another highly qualified experts to work in our trial counsel assistance program. we provide a litigators with extensive trial advocacy training throughout the course of...
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were part of serious air defenses? >> as we all know, the syrian situation continues to become worse and worse. 70,000 people killed, refugees pushed out of the country. no end in sight to a vicious civil war. the alliance has taken a position that it will follow the same sequence that was used in libya, which is to say prior to nato involvement, there would have to be a u.n. security council resolution regional agreement and an agreement among the 28 patients. so within nato, what we are focused on is defending now with syria. and we would move patriot missiles down to do that. in terms of what else is happening in an individual nation by nation basis, there is a great deal of discussion of everything you mentioned, no-fly zones, arms embargoes, etc. it is moving individually, but it has not yet come into nato as an overall nato type of approach. it is focused, planning, being prepared. but the movement at the moment is in the individual national way. >> does that include some countries that are thinking about the pos
were part of serious air defenses? >> as we all know, the syrian situation continues to become worse and worse. 70,000 people killed, refugees pushed out of the country. no end in sight to a vicious civil war. the alliance has taken a position that it will follow the same sequence that was used in libya, which is to say prior to nato involvement, there would have to be a u.n. security council resolution regional agreement and an agreement among the 28 patients. so within nato, what we are...
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the defense of marriage act. that brings on a whole different set of issues but we imagine it's going to be a lot like it was today. very strong protests and demonstrations for folks on both sides. thousands of people were here this morning. we expect the same spirit. but tomorrow is going to be about a federal law versus what they decided today about california's state passed law that was passed by voters. dome marks of course, passed by congress. the folk 's here across the street we expect to see many of them in the courtroom. by the way those infamous lines that started up last thursday night. as soon as able was cleared out of line today they started up again. it's going to be a cold night in d.c. and there are a lot of people camped out on the streets waiting for that line to get in tomorrow, shep. >> shepard: shannon bream beautiful night at the court. thank you. also sitting in court today the two couples had began this legal fight some four years ago. chris perry and sandy stirl have been together for 13
the defense of marriage act. that brings on a whole different set of issues but we imagine it's going to be a lot like it was today. very strong protests and demonstrations for folks on both sides. thousands of people were here this morning. we expect the same spirit. but tomorrow is going to be about a federal law versus what they decided today about california's state passed law that was passed by voters. dome marks of course, passed by congress. the folk 's here across the street we expect...
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the far left kuks do want to cut one thing, defense spending. they believe that's what the far left wants, a collapse of the entire capitalistic system. >> joining us now is one of the authors of that legislation, congressman keith ellison who coaches the congressional cau s caucus. good afternoon, sir. >> good afternoon. >> bill o'reilly has labeled several charges at you, sir, and your caucus so i must ask you now, have you once or ever been a cook or do you support the appeal of american capitalism? are you a lunatic? >> i have not now nor have i ever been any of those things. >> thank you very much, sir, for answering that. i think we are fully satisfied with that response. to be fair, your budget faced resistance from those in your own party. >> trats that's true. >> on the other hand, i would suggest that's a budget switch from like paul ryan's for three years has failed but for three years is approved by virtually every single republican in the house. but are you discouraged at all at today's result? >> no, we're quite encouraged because
the far left kuks do want to cut one thing, defense spending. they believe that's what the far left wants, a collapse of the entire capitalistic system. >> joining us now is one of the authors of that legislation, congressman keith ellison who coaches the congressional cau s caucus. good afternoon, sir. >> good afternoon. >> bill o'reilly has labeled several charges at you, sir, and your caucus so i must ask you now, have you once or ever been a cook or do you support the...
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the adhesive helps create a food seal defense for a clean mouth and kills bacteria for fresh breath. ♪ fixodent, and forget it. >>> i'm back with robbie parker, the father of 6-year-old emilie parker who was killed at sandy hook. your wife, just from meeting her briefly today, seems an extraordinary woman. incredibly brave. clearly highly emotional still as you are for reasons that are obvious. do you feel lucky to have each other? >> i definitely feel lucky to have her. sometimes i wonder if she feels the same way. i'm sure at some point she does. but i knew that i was marrying up and when she said yes to my offer, i knew that i had just become the luckiest man in the world. >> she started a blog and i was reading it earlier. it's at times very moving, very sad, very heartwarming, inspiring, funny, all the range of emotions that clearly she and you have been going through with your family. you still have these two beautiful young daughters who have been running around the set earlier and are beautiful, little mirror images of emilie. it's really extraordinary to see them. it's onl
the adhesive helps create a food seal defense for a clean mouth and kills bacteria for fresh breath. ♪ fixodent, and forget it. >>> i'm back with robbie parker, the father of 6-year-old emilie parker who was killed at sandy hook. your wife, just from meeting her briefly today, seems an extraordinary woman. incredibly brave. clearly highly emotional still as you are for reasons that are obvious. do you feel lucky to have each other? >> i definitely feel lucky to have her....
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for the department of defense. at a time when the department of defense is facing the impact of sequestration on top of the $487 billion in cuts directed by the president, we can't afford to spend a single taxpayer dollar on programs that are not a priority for the defense department and our national security. the following things are beginning to happen now that the department of defense is under sequestration. the navy was unable to freeway deploy the u.s.a. truman, an aircraft carrier, to the middle east at a time when the centrifuges in tehran are spinning. 80% of the army's nondeploying brigades have reduced readiness. army base operations have been reduced 30%. the navy has is reducing flying hours on deployed carriers in the middle east by 55%. and shut down all flying for four of the nine carrier air wings. if funding is reare stored, returning to normal readiness will take nine to 12 months and cost two to three times as much. the air force is delaying planned acquisition of satellites and aircraft includi
for the department of defense. at a time when the department of defense is facing the impact of sequestration on top of the $487 billion in cuts directed by the president, we can't afford to spend a single taxpayer dollar on programs that are not a priority for the defense department and our national security. the following things are beginning to happen now that the department of defense is under sequestration. the navy was unable to freeway deploy the u.s.a. truman, an aircraft carrier, to...
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how are you going to fund defense? how are you going to fund the other priorities that this federal government deals with every single day when over 90 cents out of every dollar is being spent on these programs? and yet this budget does nothing to address those important fiscal challenges. what it does do, mr. president, is it grows government. 62% increase in government spending over the next decade. it adds $7.3 trillion to the federal debt, and that's on top of the $6 trillion that has been added in the last four years. it raises taxes. now, the democrats will say only by $975 billion, about a trillion dollars, but if you look inside the numbers, they replace the sequester another half a trillion dollars with a fund, some sort of fund. well, what's going to punned that? -- going to fund that? spending cuts. i don't think so. we're talking about a $1.5 trillion tax increase in this budget on top of the $1.7 trillion tax increase that we have already seen under this president and the democrats here in the congress. an
how are you going to fund defense? how are you going to fund the other priorities that this federal government deals with every single day when over 90 cents out of every dollar is being spent on these programs? and yet this budget does nothing to address those important fiscal challenges. what it does do, mr. president, is it grows government. 62% increase in government spending over the next decade. it adds $7.3 trillion to the federal debt, and that's on top of the $6 trillion that has been...
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the clerk: calendar number 21, h.r. 933, an act making appropriations for the department of defense, the department of veterans' affairs and other departments and agencies for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2013, and for other purposes. mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: i ask further proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: is the senate is not in a quorum. mr. mcconnell: last week i noted that the senate democrat budget was one of the most stroim, most -- extreme, most unbalanced pieces of legislation we've ever seen. one that would never balance, ever. and one that would have a devastating outcome on the middle class. i said its centerpiece is a $1.5 trillion tax hike, that would be the largest in american history. some other than-on the other side have awrpgd with the $1.5 trillion figure. they say the budget only contains a $1 trillion tax hike which is a stunning and telling admission in itself. just months after democrats got hundreds of billions in new taxes, they now freely admit
the clerk: calendar number 21, h.r. 933, an act making appropriations for the department of defense, the department of veterans' affairs and other departments and agencies for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2013, and for other purposes. mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: i ask further proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: is the senate is not in a quorum. mr. mcconnell: last week i noted that the...
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the adhesive helps create a food seal defense for a clean mouth and kills bacteria for fresh breath. ♪ fixodent, and forget it. britta olsen is my patient. i spend long hours with her checking her heart rate, administering her medication, and just making her comfortable. one night britta told me about a tradition in denmark, "when a person dies," she said, "someone must open the window so the soul can depart." i smiled and squeezed her hand. "not tonight, britta. not tonight." [ female announcer ] to nurses everywhere, thank you, from johnson & johnson. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] nothing gets you going quite like the power of quaker oats. today is going to be epic. quaker up. to prove to you that aleve is the better choice for him, he's agreed to give it up. that's today? [ male announcer ] we'll be with him all day as he goes back to taking tylenol. i was okay, but after lunch my knee started to hurt again. and now i've got to take more pills. ♪ yup. another pill stop. can i get my aleve back yet? ♪ for my pain, i want my aleve. ♪ [ male announcer ] look for the ea
the adhesive helps create a food seal defense for a clean mouth and kills bacteria for fresh breath. ♪ fixodent, and forget it. britta olsen is my patient. i spend long hours with her checking her heart rate, administering her medication, and just making her comfortable. one night britta told me about a tradition in denmark, "when a person dies," she said, "someone must open the window so the soul can depart." i smiled and squeezed her hand. "not tonight, britta. not...
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the willingness to risk their lives in the defense of nation that was not yet their own. that's a remarkable act. it made each of them one of us. it made each of them, in some ways american before it was official. that kind of service and sacrifice has defined our nation for more than two centuries. in america, we look out for one another. we see citizenship not just a collection of right but set of responsibility. that's who we are. that's what brought so many to our shores including kingsly. he came here from the age of thirty five from nigeria, pursuing his doctorate and wants to become a professor he can help america lead the world in high-tech industries of tomorrow. what he said is what makes this country great is that if you're a citizens you're part of something bigger than yourself. he's right. we're glad that as of today, he is part of it too. we're also glad to welcome pertula. she arrived in america from saint lucia at the age of 23 leafing behind her parents and seven siblings. she came to study international development and he said for over a decade to work
the willingness to risk their lives in the defense of nation that was not yet their own. that's a remarkable act. it made each of them one of us. it made each of them, in some ways american before it was official. that kind of service and sacrifice has defined our nation for more than two centuries. in america, we look out for one another. we see citizenship not just a collection of right but set of responsibility. that's who we are. that's what brought so many to our shores including kingsly....
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chris, just yesterday you and i were talking about this new defense pact between the u.s. and south korea in order to defer provocative threats from north korea. what are you learning today? >> here comes the latest escalation and it's one pentagon officials are telling us they are taking very seriously. their worry that this could lead to the kind of provocations that could, quote, take us to a place that neither side wants to go. north korea declared itself combat ready. pyongyang went beyond threats and put its rocket in long-range artillery forces at their highest combat alert. >> we will achieve nothing by these threats of provocations. >> reporter: north korea's military alert comes at a sensitive time. the three-year anniversary of the sinking. they say the north torpedoed its ship and killed 46 sailors. north korea directly threatened u.s. military bases in hawaii, the mainland, and guam. it doesn't have the capability to hit the u.s. but tens of thousands of american troops are in range deployed to bases in south korea, japan, the philippines, and guam. >> the u.s
chris, just yesterday you and i were talking about this new defense pact between the u.s. and south korea in order to defer provocative threats from north korea. what are you learning today? >> here comes the latest escalation and it's one pentagon officials are telling us they are taking very seriously. their worry that this could lead to the kind of provocations that could, quote, take us to a place that neither side wants to go. north korea declared itself combat ready. pyongyang went...
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this morning the department of defense says he he has died from his injuries. the family of the suspected gunman and friends of his victims in the marine barracks shooting are speaking out. the military says the 25-year- old sergeant it shot and killed two fellow marines, then himself. his victims included a woman from oakley. >> i just miss her so much. when i found out about this i couldn't believe it. she had been my best friend since 6th grade. i just wish it wasn't have been her. she was just an innocent girl. all she was doing was just serving her country. >> she joined the corps in december 2011. the friend says there is speculation the shootings resulted from a lover's triangle. lopez joined the marines in may 2006 and served in iraq and afghanistan. his great grandfather who is also named eusebio lopez says the marines contact the family friday night. the 81-year-old said they told us they were investigating more and they would let us know. he was not the type to do stuff like that, end quote. >>> there was a wild overnight chase along the peninsula. a
this morning the department of defense says he he has died from his injuries. the family of the suspected gunman and friends of his victims in the marine barracks shooting are speaking out. the military says the 25-year- old sergeant it shot and killed two fellow marines, then himself. his victims included a woman from oakley. >> i just miss her so much. when i found out about this i couldn't believe it. she had been my best friend since 6th grade. i just wish it wasn't have been her. she...
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to defense cuts in his budget as well and shrinking the size. anybody who thinks there couldn't be fat cut out is insane. >> jesse: remember,a cola. >> the lobbyists and people want defense contracts for things we don't use and don't need. as we look at our debt in this country, look at our economy, whether or not it's growing or whether or not it's shrinking ab how much we export to other parts of the world, a new report shows that china will overtake the united states as the world's number one economy by 2016. >> jesse: really? is that true? >> well, it's a report from the organization for economic cooperation and development. their forecast differs from other people's forecast which says basically because of china's demographics, they have a lot of people. >> jesse: a billion people, a lot of people to tax. >> alisyn: that's right. so the other prediction said it would be by the year 2020. this puts it four years earlier, by the time the president is leaving office. >> jesse: you could have on obama's watch, president obama, us being downgrad
to defense cuts in his budget as well and shrinking the size. anybody who thinks there couldn't be fat cut out is insane. >> jesse: remember,a cola. >> the lobbyists and people want defense contracts for things we don't use and don't need. as we look at our debt in this country, look at our economy, whether or not it's growing or whether or not it's shrinking ab how much we export to other parts of the world, a new report shows that china will overtake the united states as the...
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the defense department initially said it would send the notices to some 800,000 civilian employees at the end of this week because of the automatic sequester budget cuts. congress passed legislation to move some money around. the national guard is working to rescind the notices. >> a fund-raiser is being held today in sparks, nevada for the marines wounded in the explosion at the army depot. seven marines were killed on monday when a mortar shell exploded in its firing tube during training at the army depot. >>> there is a revised description this morning of a man suspected of assaulting a woman in vallejo. this is a police sketch of the man. he was initially described as 5' 10" tall, 210 pounds but now police say he's 5' 4" tall. he's accused of grabbing a woman at a park and trying to pull her into a creek bed. the suspect's car is described as an older model silver or gray acura integra two-door. >>> deputies are looking for a man who was mistakenly released from jail. he reportedly walked out of jail yesterday after posing as another inmate set to be released. officials say he did
the defense department initially said it would send the notices to some 800,000 civilian employees at the end of this week because of the automatic sequester budget cuts. congress passed legislation to move some money around. the national guard is working to rescind the notices. >> a fund-raiser is being held today in sparks, nevada for the marines wounded in the explosion at the army depot. seven marines were killed on monday when a mortar shell exploded in its firing tube during...